Company fined $100,500 for contravening Employment Ordinance

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     Easy Security Management Limited was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violating the requirements under the Employment Ordinance (EO). The company pleaded guilty at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (January 26) and was fined a total sum of $100,500. The company was also ordered to pay the employees concerned an outstanding sum of about $230,000.

     The company wilfully and without reasonable excuse contravened the requirements of the EO, failing to pay 11 employees' wages and payment in lieu of notice within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods and termination of employment contracts, as well as annual leave pay to two employees within the statutory time limit, totalling about $231,000. The company also failed to pay the awarded sums of about $268,000 in total to six employees within 14 days after the date set by the Labour Tribunal (LT).

"The ruling will disseminate a strong message to all employers that they have to pay wages, termination payments and sums awarded by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board to employees within the statutory time limit stipulated in the EO," a spokesman for the LD said.

"The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesman added.

Ends/Monday, January 26, 2026
Issued at HKT 17:58

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